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Re: accessible rotating image scripts?

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From: Geof Collis
Date: Jan 22, 2010 2:45PM

That is cool but I'm not fussy on the list, as I tab back and forth I
have to listen to the "list of 1 items" every time, would be less
verbose if I just got the alt text.

cheers

Geof

At 04:29 PM 1/22/2010, you wrote:
>Jeremy Merritt wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Does anyone utilize any scripts for displaying a series of
> automatically refreshing images in an accessible format?
> >
> > This may be a long shot, but ideally, I am looking for a way to
> cycle through a selection of images automatically, and display
> associated text (i.e. a quote or a caption) for each photo. There
> would need to be a way to (at the very least) pause the rotating
> images to accommodate those with visual/cognitive disabilities.
> >
> > I welcome any pointers/suggestions
> >
>That is terribly easy to build.
>
>I've had a demo in the 6th chapter of my book:
>
>http://beginningjavascript.com/Chapter6/exampleAutoSlideShow.html
>
>I can extend that to show a caption below.
>
>
>